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en-usPenn State University Relationsnews@psu.edu (Penn State News)Lincoln seized moment to unify as he delivered Gettysburg Address http://news.psu.edu/story/280591/2013/07/01/research/lincoln-seized-moment-unify-he-delivered-gettysburg-address
Lincoln sought to make sense of the Battle of Gettysburg with his address, which succeeded in galvanizing the North's resolve to see the war through. Bill Blair, director of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Center and professor of history at Penn State, puts these events in perspective and shows how the effects of this battle would resonate for years to come.
http://news.psu.edu/story/280591/2013/07/01/research/lincoln-seized-moment-unify-he-delivered-gettysburg-addressMon, 01 Jul 2013 16:04 -0400Penn State News - Abraham LincolnU.S.-Mexican War legitimized anti-war movement, historian sayshttp://news.psu.edu/story/144555/2012/11/14/us-mexican-war-legitimized-anti-war-movement-historian-says
"I do not think there was ever a more wicked war than that waged by the United States on Mexico," wrote Ulysses S. Grant in 1879. Grant knew something about war, having served as a lieutenant in the conflict with Mexico and as the North's most victorious general in the Civil War. Although he is not a key figure in Amy Greenberg's new book, "A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico," (Alfred A. Knopf) his view aptly illustrates her main point: the U.S.-Mexican War was opposed by a large segment of the American people, including many of those who actually fought in it.
http://news.psu.edu/story/144555/2012/11/14/us-mexican-war-legitimized-anti-war-movement-historian-saysWed, 14 Nov 2012 15:59 -0500Penn State News - Abraham LincolnResearch Unplugged video online; next speaker April 5http://news.psu.edu/story/150263/2012/04/03/research/research-unplugged-video-online-next-speaker-april-5
Mark Neely, McCabe-Greer Professor in the American Civil War, spoke on "Lincoln and Liberty: A Closer Look at Abraham Lincoln and the Constitution in Wartime" at last week's Research Unplugged event.
http://news.psu.edu/story/150263/2012/04/03/research/research-unplugged-video-online-next-speaker-april-5Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:22 -0400Penn State News - Abraham Lincoln